Adjunct professor Rob York, research forest advisor for Berkeley Forests, joined PBS News Hour yesterday to discuss the impacts of fire and a warming, drying climate on giant sequoias.
Indonesia: Spectacles of Small-scale Gold Mining
In a photo series exhibited on the UC Berkeley Library website, professor Nancy Lee Peluso documents her ethnographic fieldwork.
Social Cost of Carbon
The social cost of carbon—an estimate of the economic harm caused by each additional ton of carbon dioxide—allows policy makers to evaluate the economic consequences of emissions and make informed decisions about climate change. Join this discussion between Energy and Resources Group professor David Anthoff, Agricultural and Resources Economics professor Maximilian Auffhammer, and ERG PhD candidate Lisa Rennels to learn more about the most important number you’ve never heard of.
Will the current crop of COVID vaccines provide lifetime immunity?
Marc Hellerstein, a professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology, is featured in a recent Los Angeles Times Studios episode on vaccination.
“Bamboo ceiling:” Zinmay Renee Sung uplifts experiences of Asian American women
As part of the 150 Years of Women at Berkeley campaign, faculty, students, and staff share their stories in a recent video project led by professor emerita Sung.
Adélaïde Bernard wins first prize in Grad Slam competition
After winning first place in the UC Berkeley Grad Slam last month, metabolic biology student Adélaïde Bernard will represent campus at the systemwide Grad Slam competition on May 7th.
California scientists are fighting fire with fire
A recent MSNBC News segment discusses the use of prescribed burns for wildfire mitigation in Blodgett Forest.
Erica Bree Rosenblum featured in the BBC film “Endangered”
Released on Earth Day, the documentary spotlights Rosenblum's amphibian conservation research in one of seven segments.
Berkeley Student Farms grows more than food
Berkeley Student Farms is a coalition of student-run gardens dedicated to giving student-farmers ownership over the foods they grow, reconnecting to the land’s indigenous heritage, and empowering leadership, collaboration, and onsite learning.
Fungi and Friends
This moderated discussion featured a panel of UC Berkeley experts will pore over the myriad ways modern civilization interacts with fungi. The panel will speak to our millennia-long appetite for them in cuisines throughout the world, as well as their evolving presence in commerce, medicine (including the use of psilocybin in modern mental health treatments), public health (including indoor air quality and the spread of opportunistic disease), as well as the impact climate change is having on the mushroom season.
Green algae reveal one mRNA encodes many proteins
In a new study, researchers in professor Sabeeha Merchant's lab outline a previously unknown similarity between bacteria and more complex forms of life.
Rausser College Photo Contest Winners
The images submitted to the 2020 Rausser College photo contest represent the diverse research and activities of the college community.
Near a waterfall’s roar, glass frogs wave hello to attract mates
ESPM PhD candidate Rebecca Brunner discovered a novel communication technique of an elusive amphibian.
20th Anniversary ELP Webinar Series: Max Auffhammer
The Beahrs Environmental Leadership Program series begins with a discussion on the incoming Biden Administration and the global environment.
Plant Immune Receptor Discovery Can Help Scientists Fight Agricultural Pandemics
Plant & Microbial Biology professor Brian Staskawicz made a critical step toward helping plants fight pathogens without pesticides.
Serving (Up) Science: Tools, Trust and Twitter
Our panel of social media super users shared their insights, addressing how, why and by whom these new communications tools are being shaped. The panel also probed how changes in access to a broader online audience impacts the in-person world—both intended and unintended—and invited viewers to consider the opportunities and challenges for the PMB community as it enters its fourth decade.
Rausser College of Natural Resources 2020 Photo Contest
Submit your best images by January 6 for a chance to win prizes and to have your work featured online and in print.
Claire Kremen awarded Volvo Environment Prize
Kremen is recognized for her research in conservation biology and agricultural land use.
Professor Jill Banfield featured in NOVA documentary
Banfield studies the genomes of microorganisms such as bacteria and archaea.